| Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | |
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| Genre | Fantasy Drama Adventure |
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| Based on | Beowulf by Anonymous |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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| Producer | Stephen Smallwood |
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| Running time | 46 minutes approx (exc. adverts) |
| Production company | ITV Studios |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 3 January – 20 March 2016 |
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Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands is a British epic fantasy drama television series broadcast by ITV. It was created by James Dormer, Tim Haines and Katie Newman. Dormer wrote the series based on the poem Beowulf and executive-produced it along with Haines and Newman, while Stephen Smallwood produced the series. The series began airing in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2016[1][2] and in the United States from 23 January 2016.[3]
Shortly after the series began, ITV announced that it would not be renewed for a second series.
- ^ "ITV commissions 13-part epic warrior drama Beowulf". itv.com. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (15 December 2014). "ITV Orders Epic 'Beowulf' Action/Drama Series From 'Strike Back's James Dormer". deadline.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Sollosi, Mary (18 December 2016). "Esquire Network's Beowulf to premiere in January: See the exclusive supertease". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 December 2015.